Giovanni Battista Orsini

Giovanni Battista Orsini (died 1498) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church from the House of Orsini.

Biography
Giovanni Battista Orsini was born to the House of Orsini, and he was a relative of Cardinal Orsino Orsini. Orsini was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church under Pope Alexander VI, and he was involved with plots against him; he freed the imprisoned Cardinal Giuliano Della Rovere from his cell, and he gave him a dagger so that he could give it to Ascanio Sforza (who was ultimately unsuccessfully approached by Caterina Sforza with the task of killing the poison-sick Pope). Orsini was accused of treason by Cardinal Pietro De Luca after he was coerced into doing so in front of the Cardinals, and he was banished from the Vatican. He asked for a last confession with the Pope, doing so alone. He attempted to attack the Pope during the confession, but he died when the Pope got the upper hand.